Label tape



July 8, 1930. J. M. REIS 1,769,965

LABEL TAPE Filed May 22, 1928 INVENTOB Patented July 8,- 193b- UNI EDSTATES- PATENT-OFFICE JULIUS m. REIS, on NEW YORK, N. n, nssrsnon'ro G.ms & 3110., me, on NEW YORK, Z V n. 3., a conrona'rxon on 'NEW YORK ILABEi. car's application filed ma 22,

This -;invention relates to label tape, e.

,,1abe1sflmde in the form of a strip oi-tape comprising a, plurality ofcontinuous, connected labels, which, are adapted to be cut 5 "from'saidtape for attachment to garments,

v .or for similar use's,-by:means of automatic.

anechanisni. 1 5 Such tape'isadapted to be operated upon by automaticmechanismjsuch for example as 10 described. in application ofJoseph JCaprioli, Ser. No. 174,306, filed March 10, 1927, (Patent No. 1,717,917)for machine and method for operating on strip material. In saidapplication. there has been described a tape of this character providedwith woven raised portions formed intermediate adjacent label sections;such raised portions pro- .viding engageable means for an operatingfinger, which is adapted to move the strip of labels intocorrect'position to be cut, after which cutting the labels arepreferably folded over and pressed.

' In label strips of this character heretofore known to the art, theseraised portions were provided for feeding the tape forward. It is to beunderstood that such tape is in the form of a woven strip, which iscontinuous, and in which said raised portions have been formed by addingextra picks to form the said engageable portions. Heretofore such raisedportions have been formed on the reverse side of the tape, making itnecessary to feed the tape with its face down. Infeeding the label stripin this way loose threads are presented on the upper surface of the tapeadjacent the woven label representations; which threads are susceptibleof being caught in the mechanism, thereby destroying the character ofthe label representations. In addition to this disadvantage the raisedportions are detrimental in folding and pressing the edges of the cutlabels, since such raised portions prevent the folds from lying smoothlyand closely. Furthermore, such raised portions necessitate the insertionof additional picks, thereby increasing the cost offorming theseengageable portions.

An object of this invention is to overcome these disadvantages and toprovide an article of this character, which might be manufac- 1928-Serial No. 279,735.

-tured economically and which might be operated successfully andefiiciently by mechanism of the character above-referred to. 5

4 The invention consists broadly in a tape of woven fabric bearing aplurality of individual labels formed in connected series and havingimproved means positioned intermediate of adjacent labels for engagementby suitable mechanism for feeding said tape into position to beoperatedupofi; the engageable means providednormally lying substantiallyin the plane of a face of said tape and formed by the threads, fromwhich the body of said tape is fabricated.

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the individual label shown in Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a cross section taken at ,5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring to'the drawings: 1 represents the stripof tape in general onwhich is woven 1 .a series of desired indicia, such as a suitable trademark, name or pictorial representation,

'2. The label indicia is spaced at suitable intervals along the tape,providing suitable .margins on each side of the indicia to allow the cutedges of the same to be folded. Intermediate adjacent label indicia 2,2, 2, etc. theengageable means of the tape is indicated in general as 3.This portion of the tape representing the engageable means is formed byweaving the tape in such a ma nnerthat the woof threads 4, 4: passloosely over the warp threads 6, 6; the woof threads lying in parallelrelation transverse the length of thetape and the warp threads extendinglengthwise of'the tape transverse the woof threads, and out of wovenengagement therewith. The number of loose unwoven warp and woof threadsmay of course be varied according to I. tape at resent illustrated isintended for use 'with a eeding finger of bifurcated form, op-

erating to engage the woof threads, the unwoven area has beenproportioned and disposed accordingly. The woven bridging portion 5separates the areas 4: and- 4' serving to limit the yield of the loosethreads 4 find 4 when engaged by the operating mem- The points at whichthe tape is to'be out to form the individual garment labels areindicated by dash lines. After the labels are cut at these dash lines,they are folded over as shown in Figs. 3 and 4:. It is to be noted thatwhen the labels are so folded over, the folded portions 7 are adapted tolie in flat position closely adjacent the body of the label;

this being made possible by the fact that no additional thickness in thebody of the-tape is presented by the engageable portion 3.

Having thus described my invention with particularity with reference toits preferred form, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art,after understanding my invention, that the invention.

various changes and modifications may, be made therein without departingfrom the spirit and scope'of my invention, and I aim in the appendedclaims to cover such changes and modifications as are within the scopeof What I claim is:

1. Ina tape of woven fabric comprising a plurality of garment labelswoven in connected continuous series, a plurality of spaced means forcooperatin with the feeding means of a cutting mac ine to progressivelyfeed the strip to the cutter, said spaced means comprising portions ofthe strip having unwoven areas made up of woof threads on one side ofthe strip and warp threads on the other side of thestrip freelytraversing the woof threads, said successive spaced means beingseparated a distance corresponding to the predetermined size of the cutgarment labels.

2. In a tape of woven fabric comprising a plurality of garment labelswoven in connected continuous series, a plurality of spaced means forcooperating with the feedin means of a cutting machine to progressivelyfeed the strip to the cutter, said spaced means comprising portions ofthe strip having unwoven areas made up of woof threads extending inparallel relation transversely of and on one side of the strip and warpthreads on the other side of the strip freely traversing the woofthreads, said successive spaced means being separated a distancecorresponding to the predetermined size of the-cut garment labels.

4. In a tape of woven fabric comprising a plurality of garment labelswoven in connected continuous series, a plurality of spaced means forcooperating with the feedin means of a cutting machine to progressivelyeed the strip to the cutter, said spaced means comprising portions ofthe strip having unwoven areas made up of woof threads freely traversedby Warp threads, and said unwoven areas being surrounded by respectivelycontiguous woven areas, said successive spaced means being separated adistance corresponding to the predetermined size of the cut garmentlabels.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JULIUS M. REIS.

of a cutting machine to progressively feed the strip to the cutter,prising portions of the strip each having two transversely extendingunwoven areas made up of woof threads on one side of the strip andwarpthreads on the other side of the strip freely traversing the woofthreads said successive spaced means being separated adistancecorresponding to the redetermined size of the cut garment labe s.

3. In a tape of woven fabric comprising a plurality of garment labelswoven in connected continuous series, a pluralit of spaced means forcooperating with the fee ing means said spaced means com-

